Paul Marquess is a British television producer. His credits include Brookside, The Bill and Family Affairs. He also came up with the idea for Footballers' Wives.

In 2002 he took over as executive producer on The Bill where he made many changes to the show's format and cast. The show became serial and many veteran characters were axed. The show also focused more on officer's private lives (often at the expense of their work) and became reliant on sensationalist storylines such as murder, rape, paedophilia and incest.

In 2003 he was promoted to Head of Drama at Talkback Thames, when he also became executive producer on Family Affairs and created and executive produced The Bill spin-off Murder Investigation Team.

In June 2005 Paul left Talkback Thames for Endemol. His replacement was Johnathan Young who made The Bill more focused on the crime story lines since.

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